Editing Edmonton (section)

==Attractions==
Edmonton is known for its natural scenery, food, history and facilities. It is home to Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum, and West Edmonton Mall, North America's second largest shopping mall. Other notable attractions include the Royal Alberta Museum, the Muttart Conservatory, Alberta Legislature Building, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton Valley Zoo, Alberta Railway Museum, and many other natural and man-made attractions.

=== Parkland and environment ===
{{See also|North Saskatchewan River valley parks system}}
[[File:Edmonton River Valley and Dawson Bridge.jpg|thumb|Edmonton River Valley and Dawson Bridge]]

Edmonton's river valley constitutes the longest stretch of connected urban parkland in North America, and Edmonton has the highest amount of parkland per capita of any Canadian city; the river valley is 22 times larger than New York City's [[Central Park]].<ref name="River Valley">{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.com/for-visitors/scenic-settings.aspx |author=Edmonton's Official Tourism Website |title=Scenic Settings |publisher=Edmonton Economic Development Corporation |access-date=May 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025214420/http://edmonton.com/for-visitors/scenic-settings.aspx |archive-date=October 25, 2013}}</ref> The river valley is home to various parks ranging from fully serviced urban parks to campsite-like facilities with few amenities. This main "Ribbon of Green" is supplemented by tributary creeks and ravines, particularly the Whitemud Creek, Blackmud Creek, and Mill Creek Ravine. There are also numerous neighbourhood parks located throughout the city, to give a total of {{convert|111|km2|acre|abbr=on|sigfig=3}} of parkland.<ref name="River Valley"/> Within the {{convert|7400|ha|abbr=on}}, {{convert|25|km|abbr=on}}-long river valley park system, there are 11 lakes, 14 ravines, and 22 major parks, and most of the city has accessible bike and walking trail connections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/RoadsTraffic/CycleEdmontonMap_13092013.pdf |title=Edmonton Bicycle Map |author=City of Edmonton Transportation |date=September 13, 2013 |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=July 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064806/http://www.edmonton.ca/transportation/RoadsTraffic/CycleEdmontonMap_13092013.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> These trails are also part of the {{convert|235|km|abbr=on}} [[Waskahegan Trail|Waskahegan walking trail]]. The City of Edmonton has named five parks in its River Valley Parks System in honour of each of "[[The Famous Five (Canada)|The Famous Five]]".<ref name="The Famous Five">{{cite web |url=http://www.abheritage.ca/famous5/leadership/individually.html |author=Heritage Community Foundation |title=Parkland and environment |publisher=Alberta Online Encyclopedia |access-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023025153/http://www.abheritage.ca/famous5/leadership/individually.html |archive-date=October 23, 2007 }}</ref>

[[File:North Saskatchewan River Valley Edmonton Alberta Canada 04 A.jpg|thumb|left|A trail in the [[North Saskatchewan River valley parks system]] ]]

Edmonton's streets and parklands also contain one of the largest remaining concentrations of healthy [[Ulmus americana|American elm]] trees in the world, unaffected by [[Dutch elm disease]], which has wiped out vast numbers of such trees in eastern North America. [[Jack pine]], [[lodgepole pine]], [[Picea glauca|white spruce]], [[Betula pubescens|white birch]], [[aspen]], [[Sorbus|mountain ash]], [[Acer ginnala|Amur maple]], [[Eleagnus|Russian olive]], [[Fraxinus pennsylvanica|green ash]], [[Tilia|basswood]], various [[Populus|poplars]] and [[willow]]s, [[Malus|flowering crabapple]], [[Prunus padus|Mayday tree]] and [[Acer negundo|Manitoba maple]] are also abundant; [[bur oak]], [[Acer saccharinum|silver maple]], [[Crataegus|hawthorn]] and [[Aesculus glabra|Ohio buckeye]] are increasingly popular. Other introduced tree species include [[Fraxinus americana|white ash]], [[Picea pungens|blue spruce]], [[Acer platanoides|Norway maple]], [[Erythrobalanus|red oak]], [[Acer saccharum|sugar maple]], [[Aesculus hippocastanum|common horse-chestnut]], [[McIntosh (apple)|McIntosh apple]], and [[Evans cherry]].<ref name="Selection List of Common Tree Species">{{cite web |url=https://data.edmonton.ca/Environmental-Services/Trees-Species-Map-View-/cggb-hzzm |author=The City of Edmonton |title=Selection List of Common Tree Species |access-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331043913/https://data.edmonton.ca/Environmental-Services/Trees-Species-Map-View-/cggb-hzzm |archive-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> Three walnut species—[[Juglans cinerea|butternut]], [[Juglans mandshurica|Manchurian walnut]], and [[Juglans nigra|black walnut]]—have survived in Edmonton.<ref>{{cite web |last=Barkley |first=Shelley |title=Juglans sp. (Butternut/Walnut) |publisher=Government of Alberta |date=May 22, 2007 |url=http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp4044?opendocument |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506014916/http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/%24department/deptdocs.nsf/all/opp4044?opendocument |archive-date=May 6, 2010 |access-date=October 27, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Several [[golf course]]s, both public and private, are also located in the river valley; the long summer daylight hours of this northern city provide for extended play from early morning well into the evening.<ref name="Golf Courses">{{cite web|url=http://www.edmontongolf.com/ |author=Edmonton Golf |title=Parkland and environment |access-date=February 27, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301040419/http://edmontongolf.com/ |archive-date=March 1, 2009 }}</ref> Golf courses and the park system become a winter recreation area during this season, and cross-country skiing and skating are popular during the long winter. Four [[Downhill (ski competition)|downhill]] ski slopes are located in the river valley as well, two within the city and two immediately outside.<ref name="Edmonton Winter">{{cite web |url=http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_recreation/sport_recreation/crosscountry-skiing.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921151853/http://edmonton.ca/attractions_recreation/sport_recreation/crosscountry-skiing.aspx |archive-date=September 21, 2010 |title=Edmonton – Ice and Snow |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=November 21, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Larch Sanctuary bridge.jpg|thumb|Entry to Larch Sanctuary]]

The [[Edmonton & Area Land Trust]] (EALT) is a charity focused on conserving natural areas in Edmonton and surrounding municipalities. Its first project in Edmonton was conserving Larch Sanctuary,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealt.ca/larch-sanctuary/ |title=Larch Sanctuary|website=Edmonton & Area Land Trust|language=en-US|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115122155/https://www.ealt.ca/larch-sanctuary|archive-date=January 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> via a {{convert|59|acre|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} [[conservation easement]] with the city, straddling Whitemud Creek south of 23rd Avenue, and containing the only [[oxbow lake]] in the city. EALT works with many organizations in Edmonton, and is working to conserve the {{convert|233|acre|km2|order=flip|abbr=on}} of forest and farmland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealt.ca/potential-forest-and-farmland/|title=Potential Forest and Farmland|website=Edmonton & Area Land Trust|language=en-US|access-date=January 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105042904/https://www.ealt.ca/potential-forest-and-farmland/|archive-date=January 5, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> in a loop of the river in northeast Edmonton.

A variety of volunteer opportunities exist for citizens to participate in the stewardship of Edmonton's parkland and river valley. Volunteer programs include River Valley Clean-up, Root for Trees, and Partner in Parks.<ref name="volunteer opportunities">{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/volunteer-opportunities.aspx |author=City of Edmonton |title=volunteer opportunities |access-date=March 4, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128152319/http://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/volunteer-opportunities.aspx |archive-date=January 28, 2015 }}</ref> River Valley Clean-up engages volunteers to pick up hundreds of bags of litter each year.

=== Museums and galleries ===
[[File:Royal Alberta Museum.jpg|alt=|thumb|Entrance to the Royal Alberta Museum]]
''[[Royal Alberta Museum]]'' (RAM) is the largest museum in [[western Canada]] with more than {{convert|7,600|m2}} exhibition space and {{convert|38,900|m2}} in total, featuring galleries for natural history and anthropology (human history). The museum houses over 10 million objects and artifacts in its collection.  The natural history gallery features exhibits in flora, fauna, and geology ranging from prehistoric to modern day.  The human history gallery features exhibits beginning with an extensive First Nations history of the Alberta region to the current multicultural society of Alberta.  The museum is in downtown Edmonton at 9810 103a Avenue, just northeast of the Edmonton city hall.
[[File:ESSC (862826078).jpg|thumb|Exterior of the Telus World of Science Edmonton]]
''[[Telus World of Science Edmonton]]'' (TWOSE) is a broad-based science centre featuring five permanent galleries ranging in topics from astronomy, science and technology to exhibits exploring the human body, as well as containing a gallery for rotating and travelling exhibits. Additionally, located here are features such as an IMAX theatre, a [[planetarium]], an [[observatory]], the Zeidler Dome: a digital visualization theatre offering immersive 360-degree experiences, and an [[amateur radio station]].  It is at 11211 142 Street, northwest of the city centre in the [[Woodcroft, Edmonton|Woodcroft]] neighbourhood adjacent to Coronation Park.

''[[Edmonton Valley Zoo]]'' is a zoological park, home to over 350 animals, with species from different climates and habitats an Canada and abroad.  The zoo focuses on animal wellbeing, conservation and education.  It is at  13315 Buena Vista Road along the north bank of the North Saskatchewan River the river valley, southwest of the city centre.<ref name="Valley Zoo">{{cite web|url=http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton-valley-zoo.aspx |author=Valley Zoo |title=Valley Zoo |publisher=City of Edmonton |access-date=May 24, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525200241/http://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton-valley-zoo.aspx |archive-date=May 25, 2014 }}</ref>

''[[Alberta Aviation Museum]]'' is a museum focusing on Edmonton's aviation history. Located in a historic World War II hangar, built for the [[British Commonwealth Air Training Plan]], its collection of {{convert|85,000|ft2|order=flip}} features more than 30 civilian and military [[aircraft]], such as a Curtiss Stinson Special from 1917, a North American B-25 Mitchell from WWII, and two McDonnell Aircraft Corporation [[CF-101 Voodoo]]s from the Cold War. It also has one of only two remaining [[CIM-10 Bomarc]] missiles on display in Canada.  The museum also includes a restoration area, an archives and library, simulators, a gift shop and a large events facility.  It is at 11410 Kingsway next to the [[Blatchford, Edmonton|Blatchford]] community, the site of the decommissioned City Centre Airport.

''[[Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum]]'' is dedicated to preserving the military heritage and the sacrifices made by the people of Edmonton and Alberta in general. The museum features two galleries and several smaller exhibits. The collection includes historic firearms, uniforms, souvenirs, memorabilia, military accoutrements, as well as a large photographic and archival collection spanning the pre-World War One period to the present. The museum features an exhibit on the role of the [[49th Battalion, CEF]], in Canada's [[Hundred Days Offensive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hundred Days Offensive |url=https://www.theworldwar.org/learn/about-wwi/hundred-days-offensive |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=National WWI Museum and Memorial |language=en}}</ref> The museum is in the Prince of Wales Armouries Heritage Centre, which is also the home of the City of Edmonton municipal archives.

''[[Alberta Railway Museum]]''<ref name="Alberta Railway Museum">{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaymuseum.ab.ca/ |author=Alberta Railway Museum |title=Alberta Railway Museum |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219160246/http://railwaymuseum.ab.ca/ |archive-date=February 19, 2009 }}</ref> is a museum that collects, preserves, restores and interprets the railway artifacts and stories that helped shape Alberta and Canada through exhibits, tours, educational programs, publications and heritage train operations of Alberta's railway history.  It contains a variety of [[locomotive]]s and [[railroad car]]s from different periods, and includes a working [[steam locomotive]].  It is at 24215 34 Street NW in the rural northeast portion of the city. Since most of its exhibits are outdoors, it is only open between [[Victoria Day]] and [[Labour Day (Canada)|Labour Day]].[[File:Fort Edmonton 1900.jpg|thumb|left|[[Fort Edmonton Park]] is Canada's largest [[living museum]] by area.]]''[[Fort Edmonton Park]],'' Canada's largest living history museum, is in the river valley southwest of the city centre. Edmonton's heritage is displayed through historical buildings (many of which are originals moved to the park), [[heritage interpretation|costumed historical interpreters]], and authentic artifacts. In total, it covers the region's history from approximately 1795 to 1929 (represented by Fort Edmonton), followed chronologically by 1885, 1905, and 1920 streets, and a recreation of a 1920s [[midway (fair)|midway]]. A steam train, streetcars, automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles may be seen in operation (and utilized by the public) around the park. This museum is at 7000 143 Street NW in the river valley southwest of the city centre.

''John Janzen Nature Centre'' features events and interactive exhibits designed to promote awareness and engagement with nature in an urban setting. The centre explores local wildlife and how they adapt to each of the four seasons. It is at 7000 143 Street along Whitemud Drive and Fox Drive and shares a parking lot with Fort Edmonton Park.

''John Walter Museum and Historical Area'' is a small interpretive museum focusing on the life of [[John Walter (businessman)|John Walter]] and the Strathcona community of Walterdale from 1870 to 1942.  The museum is on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.<ref name="Canada's Historic Place">{{cite web|url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=2986 |author=Canada's Historic Places |title=John walter museum and historical area |access-date=February 28, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212134651/http://www.historicplaces.ca/visit-visite/affichage-display.aspx?id=2986 |archive-date=February 12, 2009 }}</ref>

[[File:Art Gallery of Alberta (10293224826).jpg|thumb|The [[Art Gallery of Alberta]] is Edmonton's largest [[art gallery]].]]

''[[Art Gallery of Alberta]]'' (AGA) is the city's largest single art gallery. Its collection includes over 6,000 works, with a focus on art produced in Alberta, and other parts of [[western Canada]]. In addition to exhibiting its permanent collection, the museum also hosts [[travelling exhibition]]s and offers public education programs.  This gallery is located at 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square, directly east of the Edmonton City Hall.

''[[McKay Avenue School]]'' is a former school and a designated [[Provincial historic sites of Alberta|provincial]] and municipal historic resource, and home to the [[Edmonton Public School Board]]'s archives and museum.

''[[Rutherford House]]'' is a historic building and museum in the Strathcona area. The structure was the home of the first premier of Alberta, Alexander Cameron Rutherford, from 1911 to 1940, and has subsequently been designated a provincial historic site.

''Ukrainian Museum of Canada'', Alberta Branch.  The museum collects and preserves items of historical, cultural and artistic significance to advance knowledge about Ukrainian heritage in Canada.  It is at the St. John's Cultural Centre (10611 110 Avenue NW)

''University of Alberta Museums'' operates its own internal museums and collections service.<ref name="University of Alberta Museums">{{cite web |author=University of Alberta |title=Museums |url=http://www.museums.ualberta.ca/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302053916/http://www.museums.ualberta.ca/ |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |access-date=February 28, 2009}}</ref> The University of Alberta Museums and Collections also has 17 million objects, 29 registered museum collections and occasional exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Alberta Museums |url=https://www.ualberta.ca/museums |access-date=March 6, 2020 |website=www.ualberta.ca}}</ref>
[[File:Muttart Conservatory (4509972060).jpg|thumb|Main entrance to the Muttart Conservatory]]
''[[Muttart Conservatory]]'' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|t|ɑː|r|t}}) is a [[botanical garden]] in the river valley, across from the [[Downtown Edmonton|downtown core]]. One of the best-known landmarks of Edmonton, the [[Conservatory (greenhouse)|conservatory]] consists of three city-operated greenhouses, public gardens, as well as four feature pyramids for display of plant species found across three biomes, with the fourth pyramid hosting a seasonal display. A fifth minor skylight pyramid lights up the central foyer.

Edmonton is home to four artist-run centres all located in the downtown core [[Harcourt House, Edmonton|Harcourt House]], [[Latitude 53]], [[Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective]] and [[Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists]] (SNAP).

The University of Alberta and MacEwan University also have galleries: the Fine Arts Building Gallery<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ualberta.ca/art-design/fab-gallery|title=FAB Gallery {{!}} Faculty of Arts|website=www.ualberta.ca|access-date=March 6, 2020}}</ref> and the Mitchell Art Gallery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macewan.ca/wcm/SchoolsFaculties/FFAC/MitchellArtGallery/index.htm|title=Mitchell Art Gallery – MacEwan University|website=www.macewan.ca|access-date=March 6, 2020|archive-date=March 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305113414/https://www.macewan.ca/wcm/SchoolsFaculties/FFAC/MitchellArtGallery/index.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> respectively.